Clarendon.
2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.
Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.
-- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
Dis*pas"sioned (?), a. Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] "Dispassioned men." Donne.
Dis*patch" (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. dépêcher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
The business we have talked of.
Shak.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]
I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
Udall.
3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.
Walpole.
4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
Even with the speediest expedition
I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou&?;&?;.
Shak.
5. To send out of the world; to put to death.
The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.
Ezek. xxiii. 47.
Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.
Dis*patch", v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
They have dispatched with Pompey.
Shak.
Dis*patch", n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.
Milton.
3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
Serious business, craving quick dispatch.
Shak.
To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.
Paley.
4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern]
Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.
Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.
Dis*patch"er (?), n. One who dispatches.
Dis*patch"ful (?), a. Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.
Dis*patch"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. despechement.] The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529).
Dis"pa*thy (?), n.; pl. Dispathies (#). [Pref. dis- + Gr. &?; passion. See Pathos.] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.]
Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us.
Southey.
Dis*pau"per (?), v. t. To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.
Dis*pau"per*ize (?), v. t. To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.
Dis*peed" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + speed.] To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] Knolles.
Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do&?;a Ximena.
Southey.
Dis*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
[Satan] gently raised
their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
Milton.
I saw myself the lambent easy light
Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
Dryden.
Dis*pence" (?), v. i. & n. See Dispense. [Obs.]
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Dis*pend" (?), v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.] To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser.
Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above.
Fuller.
Dis*pend"er (?), n. One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).
Dis*pen"sa*ble (?), a. [LL. dispensabilis. See Dispense.] 1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.
2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.
Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness, n. Quality of being dispensable.
Dis*pen"sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Dispensaries (#). [Cf. F. dispensaire.] 1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
2. A dispensatory. Pope.
Dis`pen*sa"tion (?), n. [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.] 1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
To respect the dispensations of Providence.
Burke.
2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed; especially (Theol.), A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man.
Rogers.
3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry.
Ward.
Dis*pen"sa*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dispensatif.] Granting dispensation.
Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly, adv. By dispensation. Wotton.
Dis"pen*sa`tor (?), n. [L.] A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.
Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.
Dis*pen"sa*to*ry (?), a. [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, v. t.] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.
Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories (&?;). A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacopœia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.
Dis*pense" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispensing.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See Dispend.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company.
Sir W. Scott.
2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
While you dispense the laws, and guide the state.
Dryden.
3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]
His sin was dispensed
With gold, whereof it was compensed.
Gower.
4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance.
Macaulay.
He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself.
Johnson.
Dis*pense", v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.]
One loving hour
For many years of sorrow can dispense.
Spenser.
2. To give dispensation.
He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law.
Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. )
To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] "Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery." Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] Richardson.
Dis*pense", n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]
Dis*pense", n. [OF. despense, F. dépense.] Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.]
It was a vault built for great dispense.
Spenser.
Dis*pens"er (?), n. One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
Dis*peo"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling (?).] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. dépeupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
Leave the land dispeopled and desolate.
Sir T. More.
A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers.
Milton.
Dis*peo"pler (?), n. One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.
Dis*perge" (?), v. t. [L. dispergere. See Disperse.] To sprinkle. [Obs.]
Di*sper"mous (d*spr"ms), a. [Gr. di- = dis + spe`rma seed, fr. spei`rein to sow: cf. F. disperme.] (Bot.) Containing only two seeds; two- seeded.
Dis*per"ple (?), v. t. [OF. desparpeulier.] To scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.]
Odorous water was
Disperpled lightly on my head and neck.
Chapman.
Dis*per"sal (?), n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.
Dis*perse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.
Prov. xv. 7.
Two lions, in the still, dark night,
A herd of beeves disperse.
Cowper.
2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.
Dispersed are the glories.
Shak.
Syn. -- To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate.
Dis*perse", v. i. 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.
2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor.
Ps. cxii. 9.
Dis*persed" (?), a. Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n.
Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.
Dis*perse"ness (?), n. Dispersedness. [Obs.]
Dis*pers"er (?), n. One that disperses.
Dis*per"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. dispersion.] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.
The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished.
Jer. xxv. 34.
2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.
Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.
Dis*pers"ive (?), a. Tending to disperse.
Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism.
-- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.
Dis*per"son'*ate (?), v. t. To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.]
We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves.
Hare.
Dis*pir"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
Not dispirited with my afflictions.
Dryden.
He has dispirited himself by a debauch.
Collier.
2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]
This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar.
Fuller.
Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.
Dis*pir"it*ed, a. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
Dis*pir"it*ment (?), n. Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.]
Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this.
Carlyle.
Dis*pit"e*ous (?), a. [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. Despiteous.] Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. -- Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Dis*place" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer.] 1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas.
London Times.
3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]
You have displaced the mirth.
Shak.
Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
Dis*place"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being displaced.
Dis*place"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. déplacement.] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Unnecessary displacement of funds.
A. Hamilton.
The displacement of the sun by parallax.
Whewell.
2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
3. (Chem.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.
Dis*pla"cen*cy (?), n. [LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance.] Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Dis*pla"cer (?), n. 1. One that displaces.
2. (Chem.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.
Dis*plant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di&?;planted; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.] [Pref. dis- + plant: cf. OF. desplanter, F. déplanter.] 1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.
I did not think a look,
Or a poor word or two, could have displanted
Such a fixed constancy.
Beau. & Fl.
2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Spenser.
Dis`plan*ta"tion (?), n. The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
Dis*plat" (?), v. t. To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill.
Dis*play" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.] 1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
The northern wind his wings did broad display.
Spenser.
2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.
3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army.
Burke.
4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.
Proudly displaying the insignia of their order.
Prescott.
5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]
And from his seat took pleasure to display
The city so adorned with towers.
Chapman.
Syn. -- To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.
Dis*play", v. i. To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.
Dis*play", n. 1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
Having witnessed displays of his power and grace.
Trench.
2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.
He died, as erring man should die,
Without display, without parade.
Byron.
Dis*played" (?), a. 1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.
2. (Her.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.
3. (Print.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.
Dis*play"er (?), n. One who, or that which, displays.
Dis"ple (?), v. t. To discipline; to correct. [Obs.]
And bitter Penance, with an iron whip,
Was wont him once to disple every day.
Spenser.
Dis*pleas"ance (?), n. [OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency.] Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dis*pleas"ant (?), a. [OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease.] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]
Dis*please" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] [OF. desplaisir, whence F. déplaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + plaisir to please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.] 1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
God was displeased with this thing.
1 Chron. xxi. 7.
Wilt thou be displeased at us forever?
Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer).
This virtuous plaster will displease
Your tender sides.
J. Fletcher.
Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith?
Barrow.
2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.]
I shall displease my ends else.
Beau. & Fl.
Syn. -- To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront.
Dis*please", v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]
Dis*pleas"ed*ly (?), adv. With displeasure. [R.]
Dis*pleas"ed*ness, n. Displeasure. [R.] South.
Dis*pleas"er (?), n. One who displeases.
Dis*pleas"ing, a. Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.
Dis*pleas"ure (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease.] 1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Ps. vi. 1.
Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn
From his displeasure.
Milton.
2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.
Hast thou delight to see a wretched man
Do outrage and displeasure to himself?
Shak.
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3. State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [Obs.]
He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity.
Peacham.
Syn. -- Dissatisfaction; disapprobation; disfavor; distaste; dislike; anger; hate; aversion; indignation; offense.
Dis*pleas"ure (?; 135), v. t. To displease. [Obs.] Bacon.
Dis*plen"ish (?), v. t. To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [Scot.]
{ Dis"pli*cence (?), Dis"pli*cen*cy (?), } n. [L. displicentia. See Displacency.] Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
Dis*plode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disploding.] [L. displodere, displosum; dis- + plodere, plaudere, to clap, strike, beat.] To discharge; to explode.
In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder.
Milton.
Dis*plode", v. i. To burst with a loud report; to explode. "Disploding engines." Young.
Dis*plo"sion (?), n. Explosion.
The vast displosion dissipates the clouds.
Young.
Dis*plo"sive (?), a. Explosive.
Dis*plume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.] To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.
Burke.
Dis"po*line (?), n. (Chem.) One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.
Dis*pond" (?), n. See Despond.
Di*spon"dee (?), n. [L. dispondeus, Gr. &?;; di- = di`s- twice + &?; spondee.] (Gr. &?; Lat. Pros.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
Dis*pone" (?), v. t. [L. disponere. See Disposition.] 1. (Her.) To dispose.
2. To dispose of. Chaucer.
3. (Scots Law) To make over, or convey, legally.
He has disponed . . . the whole estate.
Sir W. Scott.
Dis`po*nee" (?), n. (Scots Law) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.
Dis*pon"er (?), n. (Scots Law) One who legally transfers property from himself to another.
Dis*ponge" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also dispunge.]
O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me
. Shak.
Dis*pope" (?), v. t. To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom.
One whom they disposed.
Tennyson.
Di*spor"ous (?), a. [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.) Having two spores.
Dis*port" (?), n. [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.
Dis*port", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disported; p. pr. & vb. n. Disporting.] [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See Port demeanor, and cf. Sport.] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.
Where light disports in ever mingling dyes.
Pope.
Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
Disporting there like any other fly.
Byron.
Dis*port", v. t. [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.] 1. To divert or amuse; to make merry.
They could disport themselves.
Buckle.
2. To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne.
Dis*port"ment (?), n. Act of disporting; diversion; play. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Dis*pos"a*ble (?), a. [From Dispose.] Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus.
Burke.
Dis*pos"al (?), n. [From Dispose.] 1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.
2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.
The execution leave to high disposal.
Milton.
3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property.
A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life.
Tatler.
4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of.
The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns.
South.
Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.
Dis*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose.] 1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
Who hath disposed the whole world?
Job xxxiv. 13.
All ranged in order and disposed with grace.
Pope.
The rest themselves in troops did else dispose.
Spenser.
2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
The knightly forms of combat to dispose.
Dryden.
3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.
Evelyn.
4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object.
Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose
To future good our past and present woes.
Dryden.
Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.
Bacon.
To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.
Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons.
Locke.
(b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time.
More water . . . than can be disposed of.
T. Burnet.
I have disposed of her to a man of business.
Tatler.
A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.
Waller.
Syn. -- To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
Dis*pose" (?), v. i. To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]
She had disposed with Cæsar.
Shak.
Dis*pose", n. 1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [Obs.]
But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires.
Speed.
2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [Obs.]
He hath a person, and a smooth dispose
To be suspected.
Shak.
Dis*posed" (?), p. a. 1. Inclined; minded.
When he was disposed to pass into Achaia.
Acts xviii. 27.
2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dis*pos"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [R.]
Dis*pose"ment (?), n. Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin.
Dis*pos"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower.
Absolute lord and disposer of all things.
Barrow.
Dis*pos"ing*ly, adv. In a manner to dispose.
Dis*pos"it*ed (?), a. [See Disposition.] Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Dis`po*si"tion (?), n. [F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See Position, and cf. Dispone.] 1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels.
Acts vii. 53.
The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
Dryden.
2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
How stands your disposition to be married?
Shak.
5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "A man of turbulent disposition." Hallam. "He is of a very melancholy disposition." Shak.
His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him.
Strype.
6. Mood; humor.
As I perchance hereafter shall think meet
To put an antic disposition on.
Shak.
Syn. -- Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. -- Disposition, Character, Temper. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.
Dis`po*si"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to disposition.
Dis`po*si"tioned (?), a. Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.
Dis*pos"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dispositif.] 1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.]
His dispositive wisdom and power.
Bates.
2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.] "Dispositive holiness." Jer. Taylor.
Dis*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once.
Boyle.
Dis*pos"it*or (?), n. [L. See Disposition.] 1. A disposer.
2. (Astrol.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Obs.] Crabb.
Dis`pos*sess" (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. déposséder.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain.
Goldsmith.
Dis`pos*ses"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. dépossession.] 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.
2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.
Dis`pos*sess"or (?), n. One who dispossesses. Cowley.
Dis*post" (?), v. t. To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).
Dis*po"sure (?), n. [From Dispose.] 1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.
Give up
My estate to his disposure.
Massinger.
2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.]
In a kind of warlike disposure.
Sir H. Wotton.
Dis*prais"a*ble (?), a. Blamable. [R.]
Dis*praise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
Dispraising the power of his adversaries.
Chaucer.
I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him.
Shak.
Dis*praise", n. [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden.
In praise and in dispraise the same.
Tennyson.
Dis*prais"er (?), n. One who blames or dispraises.
Dis*praising*ly, adv. By way of dispraise.
Dis*pread" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + spread.] To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.
Dis*pread", v. i. To extend or expand itself. [R.]
While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky.
Thomson.
Dis*pread"er (?), n. One who spreads abroad.
Dispreaders both of vice and error.
Milton.
Dis*prej"u*dice (?), v. t. To free from prejudice. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
Dis`pre*pare" (?), v. t. To render unprepared. [Obs.] Hobbes.
Dis*prince" (?), v. t. To make unlike a prince. [R.]
For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . .
And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel.
Tennyson.
Dis*pris"on (?), v. t. To let loose from prison, to set at liberty. [R.] Bulwer.
Dis*priv"i*lege (?), v. t. To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.]
Dis*prize" (?), v. t. [Cf. Dispraise.] To depreciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).
Dis`pro*fess" (?), v. t. To renounce the profession or pursuit of.
His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess.
Spenser.
Dis*prof"it (?), n. Loss; damage. Foxe.
Dis*prof"it, v. i. & i. To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] Bale.
Dis*prof"it*a*ble (?), a. Unprofitable. [Obs.]
Dis*proof" (?), n. [Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. Disprove.] A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other.
Rogers.
Dis*prop"er*ty (?), v. t. To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] Shak.
Dis`pro*por"tion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.] 1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.
2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.
Dis`pro*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
To shape my legs of an unequal size;
To disproportion me in every part.
Shak.
A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory.
Prescott.
Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble (?), a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
Dis`pro*por"tion*al (?), a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.
Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly, adv. In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
Dis`pro*por"tion*ate (?), a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. - - Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n.
Dis*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t. [L. dis- + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper.] To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.]
Dis*prov"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle.
Dis*prov"al (?), n. Act of disproving; disproof. [R.]
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Dis*prove" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it.
Atterbury.
2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.
Dis*prov"er (?), n. One who disproves or confutes.
Dis`pro*vide" (?), v. t. Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.] Boyle.
Dis*punct" (?), a. Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.]
That were dispunct to the ladies.
B. Jonson.
Dis*punct", v. t. [See 1st Dispunge.] To expunge. [Obs.] Foxe.
Dis*punge" (?), v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.] To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]
Dis*punge", v. t. See Disponge. [Obs.]
Dis*pun"ish*a*ble (?), a. Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] Swift.
Dis*pur"pose (?), v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.
Dis*purse" (?), v. t. To disburse. [Obs.] Shak.
Dis`pur*vey" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir.] To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] Heywood.
Dis`pur*vey"ance (?), n. Want of provisions; &?;ack of food. [Obs.] Spenser.
Dis`pu*ta*ble (?; 277), a. [L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i.] 1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions.
Actions, every one of which is very disputable.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] Shak.
Dis`pu*ta*ble*ness, n. State of being disputable.
Dis`pu*tac"i*ty (?), n. [See Dispute, v. i.] Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.
Dis"pu*tant (?), a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.] Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton.
Dis"pu*tant, n. One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant.
Macaulay.
Dis`pu*ta"tion (?), n. [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Dis`pu*ta"tious (?), a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period.
Buckminster.
-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.
Dis*put"a*tive (?), a. [L. disputativus.] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts.
Dis*pute" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disputing.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Putative, Pure.] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver.] he in synagogue with the Jews.
Acts xvii. 17.
Dis*pute", v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein.
Milton.
2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance.
Bancroft.
3. To strive or contend about; to contest.
To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards.
Prescott.
4. To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.]
Dispute it [grief] like a man.
Shak.
Syn. -- To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See Argue.
Dis*pute", n. [Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i.] 1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Addicted more
To contemplation and profound dispute.
Milton.
2. Contest; struggle; quarrel. De Foe.
Beyond dispute, Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly.
Syn. -- Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See Altercation.
Dis*pute"less, a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey.
Dis*put"er (?), n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.
Where is the disputer of this world?
1 Cor. i. 20.
Dis*pu"ti*son (?), n. [See Disputation.] Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. 1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook.
Sir J. Shore.
Dis*qual"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness.